The decision comes amid international outrage over civilian deaths.
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on buildings near the separating wall between Egypt and Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, May 7, 2024. | Ramez Habboub/APThe Biden administration has paused a shipment of bombs that could be used in Rafah over concerns that Israel is poised to invade the southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering.
It comes amid international outrage over the civilian toll from Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. The weapons shipment in question contains 1,800 2,000-lb bombs and 1,700 500-lb bombs, the official said. The administration has not made a final decision on whether to proceed with the shipment.
“As Israeli leaders seemed to approach a decision point on such an operation, we began to carefully review proposed transfers of particular weapons to Israel that might be used in Rafah,” the official said, noting that the U.S. focused particularly on the 2,000-lb bombs and “the impact they could have in dense urban settings as we have seen in other parts of Gaza.”
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